Saturday, July 25, 2009

Seriously?

So Family Guy got an Emmy nomination for Best Series? Seriously? A show whose inspiration feels like little more than stolen jokes from waste-baskets in "The Simpsons" writing room becomes the first cartoon in 50 years to get such an honor? Have the people nominating this never seen the show? Wiser men than I have lambasted the show's shortcomings plenty, so much so, in fact, that there is a Wikipedia page specifically devoted to criticism of the show.

Oh my -- a puking joke ... how urbane and witty!

Obviously I recognize that the Emmys are a business, and they want to throw enough token nominations out to popular shows that its fans will tune in to watch the awards show, which will increase its ratings and - accordingly - the amount they can ask for advertising next year.

But --- seriously? They couldn't give a nod to something more deserving, like "The Simpsons" or "South Park" ... or 30 minutes of television static?